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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, remember when you gave me the information to look up the Senate? How would I know to fact check a link you didn't send

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wrong link, but I specifically called out the house.

https://lemmy.world/comment/18235714

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Which I just put elsewhere: 217 Republican votes. (Impossible block, even if the Democrats all hated it which clearly they didn't)

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It needed 218 to pass with a majority.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

There are currently 4 vacancies in Congress, half a point a piece per vacancy means 216 to pass, granted it may have been 217 at the time, may have only been 3 out. Hence why they had 217 votes.

Edit: It may have been 3 at the time, either way 216.5 votes

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

And those vacancies are also the fault of the DNC and their gerontocracy. Party leadership knew Gerry Connolly was dying, and still pushed his appointment to the house oversight committee.

https://www.businessinsider.com/8-members-congress-died-office-democrats-2025-5